Fairy-Tale Files: The Goose Girl

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. Like the fairy tale, stolen identities and power struggles abound in 3 Women, Robert Altman’s strange, elliptical film conceived...

Fairy-Tale Files: Jack and the Beanstalk

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. Man Man, the freaky, funky Philadelphia band famous for their live shows, adopt the giant’s notorious refrain for the chorus of...

Fairy-Tale Files: Inkarri

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. In honor of a different sort of Independence Day, check out Eduardo Galeano’s retelling of the Inkarri myth in Genesis, Volume One...

Fairy-Tale Files: Humpty Dumpty

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. In of the mismatched teacups, of the single-serving spoon: a book of failures, Jenny Boully writes “If given time enough, Humpty...